Adobe updated Flash Player on Thursday in order to patch a pair of zero-day vulnerabilities that hackers have reportedly been using to hijack Windows PCs and Macs. The out-of-band, or emergency, update was Flash’s first of the year ...
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Microsoft waived its right to a hearing before European antitrust regulators to further answer charges that it failed to offer customers a browser choice screen, according to documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ...
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Microsoft today shipped an emergency update for Internet Explorer (IE) to stymie attacks that have been occurring since at least Dec. 7. The "out-of-band" update -- the label for a security fix outside a vendor's normal schedule -- was ...
IDG News Service - Google has taken steps to close potential security holes created by a fraudulent certificate for its google.com domain, discovered in late December. The certificate was erroneously issued by an intermediate certificate ...
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Microsoft has responded to public reports of a zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer (IE) 6, 7 and 8, suggesting temporary measures to help users to mitigate the issue. The vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to hack into a ...
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One day after the launch of its next generation mobile operating system, Windows Phone 8, Microsoft has released the SDK (software development kit) that will allow programmers to write applications for the new platform. Microsoft released ...
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Computerworld - Microsoft will speed up the release cadence of Windows, starting in 2013, to issue annual OS upgrades, according to reports on the Web today. But analysts believe that the new pace will be both difficult for Microsoft to ...
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A year ago,we saw the first Samsung Chromebook and we were left feeling pretty underwhelmed with it.Not only was the hardware clunky and slow,but Google's much-anticipated Chrome OS was far more basic and limited in what it could do that we ...
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Microsoft today said users of Windows 8 will be able to change the default setting for the"Do Not Track"privacy feature in Internet Explorer 10(IE10)when they first run the new operating system. Do Not Track(DNT)signals whether a user ...
Microsoft has blocked a popular work-around that let users boot directly to the Windows 8 desktop, a co-author of an upcoming book on the operating system confirmed today. "Microsoft made some changes to Windows that prevent the .scf hack ...
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A new file backup feature in Windows 8 that Microsoft trumpeted this week will help users protect their data but it is incomplete and far from unique, according to analysts. The feature, called File History, is innovative because it makes ...
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Windows 8 might, or might not, prove to be a big hit with enterprise customers. But SAP is betting it will become an important platform in workplaces and figures Windows 8 tablets will outpace Android tablets, an SAP executive said ...
Computerworld - Saying that a spokeswoman "misunderstood" questions from Computerworld, Microsoft today backtracked and confirmed that Mac owners who subscribe to the upcoming Office 365 Home Premium will be able to acquire Office for Mac ...
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Cyber crime has continued to become more professional in 2012, with the barriers to entry becoming ever lower with the emergence of increasingly powerful toolkits and exploits for sale online. In the past year, cyber criminals have used ...
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Windows users can expect a 15% increase in the cost of licensing key Microsoft products as the software giant raises its prices. From December 1 2012, Microsoft will increase the price of per-user licensing of several products including ...
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